Mayor-elect murdered in Mexico

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Edgar Morales Perez was killed alongside his campaign manager

Morales Perez was to have taken office in Matehuala this year

His party, the PRI, condemns the attack and calls for an investigation

Unknown assailants shot and killed a mayor-elect in the central state of San Luis Potosi on Sunday, authorities said.

Edgar Morales Perez was murdered alongside his campaign manager, Juan Francisco Hernandez Colunga, who also was killed. They were in a vehicle on their way back from a party early in the morning when they were ambushed, state officials said.